Chapter 3: Leon vs. Cloud/ The bane of Moltres and Zapdos

"Fenpup use your water gun." The blue wolf pup opened his mouth to release a blast of water that his opponent, the cloaked red lizard, barely dodged.

"Alright Squiro, lets counterattack with slash." Leon calmly commanded. The training on the trip to Barrier town yesterday had quickly increased Squiro's reflexes, improving from an immobile sloth to an acrobatic monkey.

The lizard prepared to slash the wolf with its sharp claws, until the wolf had instinctively dodged it. Fenpup countered by biting the lizards arm. Squiro only flinched and quickly threw the dog, sending it crashing into a nearby bush. Fenpup growled ferociously as he prepared to shoot Squiro with multiple water guns. Squiro would expertly dodge every single one, making the attacks futile.

"Fenpup stop, we've got to change tactics. Use powder snow," Cloud calmly said. The wolf obliged and released a snow ball from its mouth and aimed it at the lizard. Squiro instinctively dodged, but he fell right into Cloud's trap. "Now Fenpup, go for a bite attack." Fenpup did as he said and clamped onto the lizards head.

Leon calmly responded to the threat by commanding, "Squiro use Willo-wisp" Squiro obeyed and blasted the insides of Fenpup with a red-violet flame. The dog cried in pain as it released its grip and dashed to cloud's side. Leon smirked and said, "Squiro, go for a Flame tail!" The lizard launched itself against his opponent and swung its flaming tail at Fenpup, whom ducked to avoid the attack. This was a ruse however, and Squiro quickly slashed Fenpup with a powerful vertical strike.

Fenpup barely managed to stand up and began to glow, signaling that its ability, Torrent, was activated as it winced in pain. "Fenpup hang in there. You got to use water gun!" This time Squiro wasn't quick enough to dodge the attack and was shot straight in the chest by the powerful water gun.

The fire lizard was clearly hurt by the supercharged super effective hit, and began to glow red, signaling that its ability, Blaze, was activated. "This is our last stand Squiro. Let's give him all you got and use Flame tail!" The lizard's tail emitted a huge flame as it prepared for the signal to give his final strike.

"Fenpup, give em' the most powerful water gun you got!"

The two glowing starter Pokémon dashed towards each other, both determined to give their respective trainers the first victory in this two on two singles match. Squiro's eyes burned with the same intensity as Leon's. Fenpup gathered his strength and showed his determination with his chilling growl. Both Pokémon clashed in a battle of wills as each Pokémon struck the other with their most powerful attacks. Fenpup had blasted Squiro in the gut as Squiro simultaneously slammed his head with his flaming tail. Smoke appeared and disguised the battle scene. The two trainers waited patiently for the smoke to clear to determine who would have the first victory in this two on two match. To their surprise, and chagrin, both Pokémon had fainted at the same time. Therefore the first round was a tie. The trainers quickly recalled their Pokémon, while still congratulating their efforts. Then the two trainers released their second Pokémon. Leon had released his ever familiar black ninja dog, Sasukblade, with his hind legs letting him stand upright while he crouched and awaited for his next command. Cloud had released a long white serpentine Pokémon known as a Tundraco (Tundra-co), with blue spikes rising out of his back and a cool and determined face. The Pokémon rose and grinned at his rival, revealing his sharp teeth and snake-like tongue. Tundraco's cold blue eyes stared at his opponent, while in a similar fashion Sasukblade's equally cold black eyes stared at his rival. The two age old rivals circled each other, ready at any moment to strike their opponent.

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Meanwhile, in an airplane that slowly flew over the kanto region, sparks was flying all over the place as Apollo was arguing with his subordinates… over coffee.

"I want my cappuccino now dammit!" Apollo, his eyes blood red from his lack of sleep, yelled at one of his subordinates. "Don't you ever fucking dare to give me fucking water ever fucking again!" He gave the grunt his infamous stone cold glare, causing the grunt to franticly pace around the kitchen to make his commander the best cappuccino he possibly could. Apollo gave a quiet chuckle as he watched his subordinate turned maid (He even wore the apron for the job) create his drink. The maid gave Apollo his drink after it was done, and left the room while wiping the sweat from his face.

Apollo scanned a map of kanto that lay on the table, planning his next move. With Articuno in his possession, he thought he might as well use it to make his next job a little easier. Between Zapdos and Moltres, zapdos would be an easier capture due to Articuno having a type advantage. However the full plot of his master was still a mystery to him, especially curious that his master didn't tell him because he knew that he was one of his best commanders in the entire organization. Wasn't like he would object to any of these plans though, after all he still hadn't got what he wanted from the shady boss. Clutching a locket that hanged from his neck, Apollo looked inside the locket at a photograph of a young blue hair girl that was smiling. He knew the person in that portrait would be his only way out of the organization he secretly dreaded.

He looked out the window to spot an abandoned power plant, a giant hole in the middle of the plant. Inside that hole slept an incredibly large yellow bird with black feathers under his wings and a long beak.

Apollo smirked as he gazed upon the yellow trophy. "Let's get this over with, there's a life on the line.

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Back in the Mythril region, a wild wind ravaged the country side as a clash of the titans was beginning to take place, Sasukblade on one side of the grassy battlefield, Tundraco on the other. The Pokémon stood there for moments, sizing each other up, each Pokémon completely silent.

Leon broke the silence as he commanded, "Shadow sneak!"

Sasukblade did as he was told and disappeared, only to appear in front of Tundraco and punch him in the gut. Tundraco only flinched, becoming even more focused on the battle.

"Tundraco use Ice beam."

The ice dragon concentrated for a moment before blasting blue lightning-like beams at his opponent. Sasukblade didn't need to be told to dodge the assault and evaded the beams with his great speed and agility.

"Good job Sasukblade. Now use inferno blade."

The ninja dog's spikes on his wrist extended and morphed into red fiery blades. He dashed towards Tundraco with increasing before jumping up a great distance in the sky. Tundraco looked dumbfounded as he couldn't spot his opponent with the blazing sun in his eyes. But Tundraco knew better than to stay still and wait for an attack and slithered out of the sun. Unfortunately for Tundraco, Sasukblade had anticipated this move and as he descended to the ground, dove right into Tundraco's new position, slashing the ice dragon with two quick slashes from his fiery blades. Before Leon could give Sasukblade another command, Sasukblade knew instinctively that Leon would want him to use his thunder blade technique. Without a second thought, the shinobi held his right wrist with his left hand, and began charging up enough power for the attack. Electricity flashed and sparked around the dog until he suddenly disappeared.

Cloud had seen this technique before and he knew it all too well, his dad's Dragonite having used that attack several times during their numerous one on one training sessions. So why did Sasukblade use that attack he wondered. Then it hit him like a runaway train; lighting blade was bait but for what? He would get his answer when Sasukblade appeared behind Tundraco, this time his blades were fiery like inferno blade, yet not exactly like it for the flames were blue.

In desperation, Cloud hastily commanded, "Protect!"

The ice dragon created a blue barrier that shielded him from the attack at the very second Sasukblade was going to make contact, the force of the collision sending Sasukblade hurling towards the other side of the field. The Pokémon slowly stood up and went back into his fighting stance to prepare for the inevitable next attack.

"Whoa, what kind of move was that? That definitely wasn't inferno blade."

"It's Sasukblade's latest move, Draco sword. I've been trying to teach it for a while but it's a pretty hard move to learn at first. However Sasukblade has had enough practice with the move to learn how to prepare it quickly, so I thought to try to lure you into another trap and psych you out. Lucky for you though, it looks like you saw through my plan right in time."

"Yeah…ice beam!"

Tundraco obeyed and struck the Pokémon with a blast of white lightning. Sasukblade never stood a chance at evading it, and as a result ended up becoming frozen. Leon stared at his faithful Pokémon dumbfounded; he never expected such a quick attack.

"Come on buddy; free yourself out with inferno blade."

Sasukblade was still slightly conscious inside the iceberg, and managed to cut a red x through it before busting himself free with his great strength.

"You're not getting off that easy; take him out with blizzard at maximum power!"

Tundraco then unleashed a massive snowstorm, blowing both Sasukblade and accidently Leon back a couple feet. Sasukblade's toughness shined once again as he stood back up and shifted into his fighting stance.

Despite his convincing façade, Leon knew that Sasukblade was on the brink of exhaustion. There's only one clear option left, he thought, and that means that it's either now or never. He looked back at his faithful Pokémon, Sasukblade knowing exactly what he was thinking; he had been with the boy too long not to. The dynamic duo smirked as they mentally prepared themselves for the final attack.

"Hmph, looks like this battle is almost over. Finish him off Tundraco with your draco frost!

"We're pulling out the ace in the hole; Sasukblade, use musou!"

The titans began preparing their ultimate attacks. Sasukblade began to emit a brown aura as he held a huge glowing sword, the pure power sending small shockwaves through the ground. Tundraco's cold blue eyes began glowing a radiant white light, his spikes glowing white as well. Everyone, and everything, was quiet as the two Pokémon staring at each other, the stand still only broken when the two forces began to collide. Sasukblade went charging forth, his aura pulsing and tearing through the ground. Tundraco opened his mouth to release a radiant white beam as brilliant as his glowing white eyes. Sasukblade struck with the weapon as Tundraco blasted with his full might and the fatalistic collision created a cloud of dust.

Thank you to those that have reviewed this thus far. Personally i think this chapeter could be better, but i wil try fixing it later if anyone suggests that i should.

For the week after next week i will be off on spring break, so expect alot of updates for a lttle while. Of course soon as i go back to school i will probably be updating only every week at the most two chapters.

Ok, see ya later!